#18discuss | Project X Forum 2: FAR Bazaar

Join us for the second in a series of public forums investigating the exhibitions Project X produced in the 90s, with a focus on the conditions facing Los Angeles artists at that time, and the way they shaped artist-run organizations, alternative exhibitions and publications. What can the nineties tell us about now?

FAR Bazaar at the Federal Building was the first of three large-scale exhibitions facilitated by FAR (Foundation for Art Resources). Occupying The Old Federal Reserve Bank Building in downtown LA for three weeks in December of 1992, Project X was among one of over 300 artist and artists groups chosen to take part in this “alternative art fair” exhibition. Over 2000 people attended the opening.

Lynne Berman and Carrie Ungerman were two of the organizing artists on FAR’s Board. For Project X Forum 2, they’ll discuss the exhibition and its undertaking, in conversation with Eli Pulsinelli, X-TRA Executive Editor and former FAR Board Member.

Project X originated as a roving organization. A team of artists curating exhibitions in the wake of the art market boom of the nineties, they strove to fill the absence of conceptual art criticism in Los Angeles. Project X’s curatorial projects illustrate the crucial role of the artist’s voice in shaping and sustaining the Los Angeles art community.